Archive - Jenny Vanderberg Shannon

November 2024

Nightmares, Chocolate Chips and the Hope That Saves Us

My Aunt still has chocolate chips in her pantry.

Nov 24 •

Jenny Vanderberg Shannon

Our Lives are in Our Hands

How I am Preparing for the Next Four Years (And the Four After That)

Nov 16 •

Jenny Vanderberg Shannon

Creative Blocks

I found a dead mouse in the bottom of my pasta pot this morning.

Nov 11 •

Jenny Vanderberg Shannon

Hymn of the Exiled

The water was so hot my chest was tight, making it hard to breathe.

Nov 9 •

Jenny Vanderberg Shannon

October 2024

September 2024

August 2024

It's a Sad Song, But I'll Sing it Anyway

I went to stay with an aunt and uncle in Maryland who were really second (third?) cousins, but much too old to be peers, with children of their own.

Aug 31 •

Jenny Vanderberg Shannon

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